While Q3 revenues missed expectations, higher order intake than expected left the order backlog 10% above our estimate. Despite lower volumes, the EBIT margin beat our forecast, led by the Norwegian Infrastructure division, particularly its portfolio of large civil engineering orders and the asphalt operations. We reiterate our BUY and have raised our SOTP-based target price to NOK140 (135).
Q3 earnings outperformed expectations, and Orkla is making good progress towards its targets. We reiterate our HOLD as we view the stock as fairly valued, trading in line with our SOTP, but have raised our target price to NOK105 (100) on our positive estimate revisions.
We consider this a slightly positive report for Orkla, including underlying figures above expectations, partly masked by write-downs, and no material change in outlook. We expect consensus 2024e adj. EBIT to come up 2–3% and believe a slightly positive share price reaction is warranted.
We remain positive on the sector, as we still find the valuation supportive at 2025–2026e P/E’s of 13-11x, with SalMar and Mowi as our top picks. For our 2025–2026 sector forecasts, we have increased global supply by 30–40kt on 3–4% growth, noting high regulatory risk in some regions, but have reduced our spot prices by EUR0.2/kg to EUR7.7–7.9/kg. We have also reduced production costs by NOK1.5–3.5/kg on prevailing feed input prices, and cut our 2025e EPS by 7% but raised 2026e by 6%.
While the sector has rallied on expectations of a recovery in Nordic CRE and residential starts, there are no signs of an actual recovery yet. With our base case still for a gradual sales recovery in 2026, our longer-term estimates remain below consensus, reflecting slow profit-recognition under IFRS – the latter also underlies our expectation of declining revenues and EBIT YOY in Q3 for several names we cover. Our sector top picks are still Skanska, NCC and Veidekke, while we see downside risk ...
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